Short answer: ContraVault AI and Grovia Tender are both AI tools for preparing government and enterprise bids in India, and they are the two closest products on analysis and drafting. ContraVault, according to its website (September 2026), offers profile-based shortlisting, a Go/No-Go analyser, an RFP synopsis, an AI RiskFinder and a proposal-writing suite on a firm knowledge base, with prices on request and no free tier. Grovia Tender starts from Company DNA, proves every eligibility criterion with a document, carries the bid through checklist, BOQ pricing, package and learning, publishes its prices from ₹0, and guarantees in code that it never submits, signs or prices on its own.
What does ContraVault do?
According to its website (September 2026), ContraVault is built for bid teams that already pursue tenders and want AI to do the reading. Its stated capabilities:
- Shortlisting of aggregated central and state tenders against a firm profile, filtered by eligibility.
- Go/No-Go analyser and an RFP synopsis that condenses a long document into what matters.
- AI RiskFinder for contractual risk clauses.
- Forms extraction to pull required forms and annexures out of the document.
- Proposal-writing suite that drafts from a firm knowledge base.
- SSO and audit features on the Enterprise tier.
Pricing is three tiers, Starter, Professional and Enterprise, with prices on request. There is no free tier. Go/No-Go, RFP synopsis and the proposal suite are available on every tier.
This is a credible feature set, and the firm knowledge base idea, drafting from what the company already knows, is the right one.
What does Grovia Tender do?
Grovia Tender is an AI Bid Operating System built by Webzworld. The product rule is that it must answer five questions for any company: What tenders are relevant to me? Am I actually eligible? Should I bid? Can the system prepare most of the bid? Can it learn from the result? The full chain, described on How it works:
- Company DNA. Set up once from plain questions and from uploaded certificates, work orders and financials, which the AI reads into facts with validity and expiry tracking.
- Eligibility with evidence. Every criterion is PASS, FAIL or NEEDS REVIEW with the document that proves it. Nothing is PASS without evidence; a validator downgrades any AI claim it cannot back.
- Fit score, Bid Potential and Go/No-Go. Deterministic rules decide; AI phrases the reasons in plain English.
- Risk register. EMD, liquidated damages, PBG, payment cycle, timelines and penalties, with severity.
- Corrigendum diffs with score refresh.
- AI-drafted proposal with every claim traceable to a document; gaps become questions.
- Auto-filled document checklist from your vault; missing items become a to-do list.
- BOQ pricing with cost build-up and GST computed, but nothing priced without your approval.
- Bid package and portal checklist. You submit on the portal yourself.
- Bid memory and learning from each outcome.
Pricing is published: Free ₹0, Pro ₹3,999/month (5 bids), Business ₹14,999/month (25 bids, team roles, analytics), Enterprise custom, pay-per-bid from ₹1,999. GST extra. See Pricing.
ContraVault vs Grovia Tender: comparison table
| ContraVault AI | Grovia Tender | |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | Existing bid teams | Companies with no tendering experience, and consultants |
| Discovery | Aggregated central and state, profile-shortlisted (per their website) | Identified portal reader (notices), forwarded alerts, vendor key, upload; every lane gets the same pipeline |
| Tender documents | Yes | On upload or forward; notices link to the portal |
| Company profile | Firm knowledge base | Company DNA; changes re-score every tender instantly |
| Relevance filter before AI spend | Shortlist by eligibility | Industry, state and value vs turnover |
| Eligibility | Go/No-Go | Per criterion with the proving document; OR-alternatives handled |
| Go/No-Go | Analyser | Deterministic rules with plain-English reasons |
| Risk | AI RiskFinder | Risk register: EMD, LD, PBG, payment, timelines |
| Corrigendum | — | Diff plus score refresh |
| Drafting | Proposal-writing suite | From own documents, every claim traceable, validated |
| Document checklist | Forms extraction | Auto-filled from vault |
| BOQ pricing | — | Yes, with human approval |
| Bid package | — | Package plus portal checklist; never submits |
| Learning | — | Bid memory, win/loss learning |
| Team and security | SSO and audit on Enterprise | Team roles, audit trail, tenant isolation on all paid plans |
| Human-in-the-loop guarantee | Not stated | Enforced in code |
| Pricing | Starter / Professional / Enterprise on request; no free tier | Free ₹0 · Pro ₹3,999/mo · Business ₹14,999/mo · Enterprise custom · pay-per-bid from ₹1,999; GST extra |
Where the approaches differ
Tender-first or company-first?
ContraVault's workflow, as described on its website, runs tender in, analysis out, with the firm knowledge base supporting the proposal. Grovia Tender's workflow runs company in, then every tender judged against it. The practical effect is that in Grovia Tender the same completion certificate that proves eligibility on one tender is already known for the next, and adding it re-scores every open opportunity.
A verdict or evidence?
Both tools produce a Go/No-Go. The difference is what sits underneath. Grovia Tender shows, per criterion, which document satisfied it, and the rules engine, not the model, decides the arithmetic. AI outputs pass through validators, so a PASS without evidence is downgraded and never persisted as fact. ContraVault's website describes its Go/No-Go analyser but does not describe an evidence rule, so ask them how it treats unsupported claims.
How far into the bid does it go?
ContraVault's stated scope ends at drafting and forms extraction. Grovia Tender continues into the document checklist, BOQ pricing with approval, the bid package with files named as the portal expects, the portal checklist and learning. If your team already has a mature pricing and packaging process, ContraVault's scope may be exactly enough.
Who is the user?
ContraVault is designed for people who already know what an EMD, a PBG and a compliance matrix are. Grovia Tender assumes the opposite: one primary next action on every screen, a plain-English sentence for every number, tooltips on jargon, and drafts that are complete by default with the three items needing input listed. See Features.
Can you find out the price?
ContraVault does not publish prices and has no free tier. Grovia Tender publishes every plan and offers a Free tier and pay-per-bid. For an MSME deciding this week, that difference is material.
What ContraVault may do better
- Aggregated discovery with documents included, where Grovia Tender's portal reader gives notices only and documents come from upload, forwarding or a vendor (see the portal reader policy).
- A dedicated RFP synopsis feature, which is a useful reading aid for very long documents.
- Enterprise SSO on its top tier; Grovia Tender's Enterprise plan is custom, so ask.
Which should you choose?
Choose ContraVault if you have an experienced bid team, want analysis and a proposal suite, and are comfortable with a sales conversation on price. Choose Grovia Tender if you want the whole chain from Company DNA to package and learning, evidence behind every eligibility verdict, published prices, and a hard guarantee that a human approves pricing and submits the bid. For the wider field see Best AI tender software in India and Minaions vs Grovia Tender; for the drafting side, read how to write a technical proposal for a government tender.
Start on the Free plan and upload one tender: app.groviatender.com/register.
Frequently asked questions
Sources
- ContraVault pricing (www.contravault.com)
- Grovia Tender pricing (groviatender.com)
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